Contemporary Reference to the Voltaire Medal

THE LONDON CHRONICLE. London, Tuesday April 14 to Thursday April 16, 1778. Vol. XLIII, No. 3333. 4to tabloid, 8 pages numbered 361–368. Removed from previous binding; pages separating at spine. Very good or so. Page 366 (misnumbered 365) includes two articles of numismatic interest: an intended invasion of Rhode Island by Admiral Howe is discussed in the seventh paragraph of the middle column; and a medal depicting George Washington, commissioned by Voltaire and struck in Paris, is discussed in the ninth paragraph of the same column. This is Baker 78.